Flue-cleaner



(N0 Mdel.)

J.A.EUELEVY. E LUE CLEANER.

Patented Jan. 7, 1890.

Illllllllmm UNITED STATES PATENT' OFFICE.

JoIIN A. HUELEY, or ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

FLUKE-CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part ofmLetters Patent No. 418,722, dated January '7, 1890.

Application filed March 11, 1889. Serial No. 302,847. (No model.)

To all whom t may coacern:

VBe it known that I,^JOHN A. HURLEY, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Erie,

inthe county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fine-Cleaners; and I do hereby declare the following tov be a full, clear, and exact description of the inven-l .,tion, such as will enable othersskilled in the loy art to which it the same.

This invention relates to that class of boilerappertains Vto make and use u flue cleaners which employs a jet of steam as the cleaning agent; and it consists in certain improvements in the construction thereof, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

My inventionY is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, as follows:

Figure l is an elevation View of my device. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view.

Like letters indicate corresponding part-s in all the figures.

The construction is'as follows: The apparatus consists of a nozzle Bywhich is adapted to fit in a boiler-Hue, as is common in'this class of flue-cleaners; A stem or pipe leads tothis nozzle from a shank C. The shank C has a socket C', in which is fixed a wooden handle A, of any desired length. From the chamber of the shank-C there extends a 'nipple C2, to which is attached a hose, which leads to a steam-supply, as commonly. "In the stem B there is a valve D, which may be of any desired construction. On the stem of the valve is a lever d. On the handle A t-here is a sliding sleeve D', and a rod d connects the sleeve D with the lever d of the valve. A spring D2 may be used-on the handle to keepI the sleeve in its normal position.

The operator, when-using the device, will grasp it by the handle and will take hold of the sleeve D withone hand, and when he has inserted the nozzle Bin the flue he will draw back on vthe sleeve D', which will pull back the lever d, and this will open the valve, and the steam will pass from the chamber in the shank to the stem B and through the nozzle Binto the flue. y

I am aware of the construction 'shown in Letters Patent No. 310,549, dated vJanuary 6,

My construction is intended as an improvement upon that construction, and the advantages gained by my construction consist in the fact that the means for operating the valve are accessible to the operator without reaching' over the valve. In my device the sliding sleeve D and the spring D2 are on the handle and not on the pipe which conducts steam to the nozzle. `In my device the sleeve will not become heated and can' always be handled, and it is much more accessible. A further advantage of my construction as compared with that justreferredv to is that the valve in my device is operated by mechlsaid sleeve with the operating-lever. of said valve, a pipe leading from said valve, and a nozzle on the end of said pipe which is capable of filling the open end of a boiler-Hue.y

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN A. HURLEY.

Witnesses:

JNO. K. HALLooK, CHAs. R. LECHNER.

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